Torrent sites
Here’s the start of huge list of BitTorrent websites, something like toplist on warez scene. I’ll try to fairly comment all biggest players on BitTorrent scene. I’ll not talk about private websites and tracker for now, but this may be added later…
NewTorrents – www.newtorrents.info
+ only scene torrents, great quality
+ no fake torrents, only public trackers – no registration required
+ peers updating on demand, comments, NFOs
- numerous advertisements
- only basic categories
- not so many torrents in the database
Mininova – www.mininova.org
+ huge database of torrents, hundreds of new files every day
+ private trackers marked with special icon
+ many categories, comment system, big forum
- lot of fake torrents
- many torrents on private trackers
- sometimes slow
The Pirate Bay – www.piratebay.org
+ huge database of torrents
+ many categories, subcategories, most downloaded torrents
+ easy to use, no popups
- lot of unseeded torrents
- strange search results, not updated peers
- lot of swedish content
MyBittorrent – www.mybittorrent.com
+ many torrents, nice graphics
+ lot of details about torrent, multitracker
+ similar torrents
- many bugs on the website, design changed often
- doubled torrents
- many adverts
Torrent Spy – www.torrentspy.com
+ many torrents in database
+ nice design
+ active comment system
- overfilled with ads
- many torrents on private trackers or passworded
- stats not update too often
Torrent Reactor – www.torrentreactor.net
+ incredibly huge database of torrents
+ great sorting into categories
- lot of spam and fake torrents
- many unseeded torrents
- many ads
- uploading not allowed
ISO Hunt – www.isohunt.com
+ huge database of torrents
+ also searching IRC files
+ grouping more torrents under one release
- strange design and navigation, too complicated
- too many adverts
- torrent stats not updated, fake torrents
Torrentz – www.torrentz.com
+ many many torrents in database
+ fast, clean, easy to use
+ grouping one release from more trackers
+ related torrents at the bottom
- only linking files for download
- mirroring other sites – sometimes fake torrents
Torrent portal – www.torrentportal.com
+ many new torrents every day
+ lot of details about every file
+ real-time peers updating
- only fetching other websites – fake and unseeded torrents
- chaotic design, script errors
- many others, porn
Torrent box – www.torrentbox.com
+ almost no ads, easy design
+ only torrents with public trackers
+ rare content in torrents
- quite a small site
- lot of unseeded torrents
- not much popular
NewNova – www.newnova.org
+ many torrents
+ nice categories, fake torrents being deleted
- very annoying popups and ads
- no details about torrents
- often downtimes
- slow updating
Seedler – www.seedler.org
+ lot of torrents
+ localizated user interface
+ clean and nice design
- many ads
- many unseeded torrents
Official BitTorrent website – www.bittorrent.com
+ huge database of torrents
+ good search engine
+ many trackers indexed
- not many details about torrents
- connection with Warner Bros, self-propagation
- censored results
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